The Meaning of Numbers 24:5 Explained

Numbers 24:5

KJV: How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

YLT: How good have been thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel;

Darby: How goodly are thy tents, Jacob, and thy tabernacles, Israel!

ASV: How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel!

KJV Reverse Interlinear

How goodly  are thy tents,  O Jacob,  [and] thy tabernacles,  O Israel! 

What does Numbers 24:5 Mean?

Context Summary

Numbers 24:1-14 - Balaam's Vision Of Israel's Prosperity
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Chapter Summary: Numbers 24

1  Balaam, leaving divinations, prophesies the happiness of Israel
10  Balak, in anger, dismisses him
15  He prophesies of the Star of Jacob, and the destruction of some nations

What do the individual words in Numbers 24:5 mean?

How lovely are your tents Jacob Your dwellings Israel
מַה־ טֹּ֥בוּ אֹהָלֶ֖יךָ יַעֲקֹ֑ב מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יךָ ! יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

מַה־  How 
Parse: Interrogative
Root: לָמָּה 
Sense: what, how, of what kind.
טֹּ֥בוּ  lovely  are 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: יָטַב  
Sense: to be good, be pleasing, be joyful, be beneficial, be pleasant, be favourable, be happy, be right.
אֹהָלֶ֖יךָ  your  tents 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: אֹהֶל  
Sense: tent.
יַעֲקֹ֑ב  Jacob 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יַעֲקֹב  
Sense: son of Isaac, grandson of Abraham, and father of the 2 patriarchs of the tribes of Israel.
מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יךָ  Your  dwellings 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: מִשְׁכָּן  
Sense: dwelling place, tabernacle.
! יִשְׂרָאֵֽל  Israel 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִשְׂרָאֵל  
Sense: the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel.

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